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1. "The Silver Thread incarnates from the beginning of a period of manifestation (cycle of incarnations) until the end, stringing upon itself the pearls (lifetimes) of human existence. It is The Line of Energy which connects the lower personal man (incarnate personality) with his Father in Heaven (The Monad or Higher Self of The Higher Self) via The Ego (Higher Self), the mediating Middle Principle. Upon it are found those focal points of energy we call the permanent atoms."
2. "The Soul dominates its form (incarnation) through the medium of The Sutratma or Life Thread and (through it) vitalizes its triple instrument (physical, emotional, mental) and thus sets up a communication with the brain. Through the brain, consciously controlled, the man is galvanized into intelligent activity on The Physical Plane."
3. "The purpose and will of The Soul, the spiritual determination to be and to do, utilizes The Soul Thread, The Sutratma, The Life Current as its means of expression in form. This Life Current differentiates into threads when it reaches the body (the aetheric body) and is 'anchored', if I might so express it, in 2 locations in that body."
"The consciousness aspect, that which makes a human being a rational, thinking entity, is 'anchored' by one aspect of this Soul Thread to a 'seat' in the brain (The Crown Chakra in the aetheric brain), found in the region of the pineal gland. The other aspect of the life which animates every atom of the body and which constitutes the principle of coherence or of integration finds its way to the heart (The Anahata Chakra in the aetheric body) and is focused or 'anchored' there. From these 2 points, The Spiritual Man (The Soul or Higher Self) seeks to control the mechanism. Thus functioning on The Physical Plane becomes possible, and objective existence becomes a temporary mode of expression."
"The Soul, seated in the brain, makes man an intelligent, rational entity, self-conscious and self-directing. He is aware, in varying degree, of the world in which he lives, according to the point in evolution and the consequent developement of the mechanism. The mechanism is triple in expression. There are first of all the nadis (meridians or life-force channels) and The 7 Centers (Chakras) of Force. Then the nervous system in its 3 divisions: cerebro-spinal, autonomic, and peripheral. And then there is the endocrine system, which might be regarded as the densest aspect of externalization of the other two."
"The Soul, seated in the heart, is The Life Principle, the principle of self-determination, the central nucleus of positive energy by means of which all the atoms of the body are held in their right place and subordinated to the 'will-to-be' of The Soul. This Principle of Life utilizes the blood stream as its mode of expression and as its controlling agency, and through the close relation of the endocrine system to the blood stream we have the 2 aspects of soul activity brought together in order to make man a living, conscious, functioning entity, governed by The Soul, and expressing the purpose of The Soul in all the activities of daily living."
4. "The Sutratma is the direct Stream of Life, unbroken and immutable, which can be regarded symbolically as a direct Stream of Living Energy flowing from the center to the periphery and from The Source to the outer expression or the phenomenal appearance. It is the Life. It produces the individual process and the evolutionary unfoldment of all forms. It is, therefore, The Path of Life which reaches from The Monad to the personality via The Soul. It conveys The Energy of Life and finds its final anchor in the center of the human heart (The 4th Chakra) and at some central focal point in all forms of divine expression. Naught is and naught remains but life."
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